Trump Has Abandoned the World

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EDINBURGH - On January 27, US President Donald Trump's second withdrawal ⁤from the Paris climate agreement will ⁣finally take effect.⁢ This follows his‌ announcement on January 7 that...
The United States⁤ is embarking on a series of withdrawals from international organizations, including the ⁣Convention⁢ on Climate Change, wich it will leave one year from now.
At the same time,no one should doubt that the remit ‍of Trump's new Board of Peace ‍ will have major implications.

EDINBURGH – On January 27, US President Donald Trump‘s second withdrawal ⁤from the Paris climate agreement will ⁣finally take effect.⁢ This follows his‌ announcement on January 7 that ⁤the United States would leave an additional 66 ‍international organizations,including 31 ‍United Nations⁣ entities and 35 non-UN bodies,now deemed unacceptable to the administration.

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‍ The United States⁤ is embarking on a series of withdrawals from international organizations, including the ⁣Convention⁢ on Climate Change, wich it will leave one year from now.

At the same time,no one should doubt that the remit ‍of Trump’s new Board of Peace ‍ will have major implications. This attempt to provide an alternative to the UN’s peacemaking and‌ peacekeeping efforts, which have persistently been underfunded, represents‌ a ⁢momentous shift in longstanding US policy.

The attack on agencies committed to the international rule of law from which America has long benefited – including the International law Commission, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, the International Institute ⁣for Democracy and Electoral ‌Assistance,⁣ and⁣ the‌ International Institute for Justice and⁣ the Rule of Law – augurs badly for the legality of future US actions. It ‍also seems far removed from the official ‌explanation that ‍the goal⁣ is to cut waste and⁤ counter the “woke” agenda.

Leaving the agencies that support‌ women’s equality and ‌the protection of girls’ and women’s rights can hardly be justified ‍by labeling them “ideological programs” at odds with US sovereignty, as the official statement does. One has to ask how an⁢ agency like UN Women can ⁤be considered “unnecessary” and ⁣”wasteful” when⁤ it has helped more than 80 ⁣countries deliver gender-responsive budgets, and when its sister agency, UNFPA, supports maternal health.

And the decision to withdraw from ‌entities within the UN system that ⁣are⁢ focused on supporting girls and women who are victims of civil wars, climate change, ⁤and othre crises veers into vindictiveness. These include Education Cannot Wait (which I used⁣ to chair),⁤ a fund that‌ provides access to ⁤education ⁣to millions of refugee and displaced children; the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General ‌on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC); ‌and⁣ the Special Representative of the Secretary-General‌ on Violence Against Children (SRSG-VAC). If these ‌organizations are not adequately funded, some of ⁤the world’s most vulnerable women and girls ‍will be at a heightened risk of violence and maternal ⁣mortality.

“It is no longer acceptable to be sending these institutions the blood, sweat, and treasure of the American people, with little to nothing to show for‍ it,” explained US secretary of State Marco Rubio. But to claim that American citizens are the ones suffering at the hands of agencies focused on ‌alleviating girls’ and women’s suffering in low-income countries is wholly disingenuous. It suggests that
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